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Don’t Overlook Your Office Neighbors: The Importance of Building Internal Relationships

Deirdre Breakenridge

The senior executives we spoke to said they focused on building relationships with colleagues who worked in legal, finance and operations as well as other communication disciplines such as marketing and investor relations. While relationships are crucial, so are the basics. Reference: Redmond, J., and Trager, R.

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More on PR2020: social media activism, internal comms resurgence, storytelling and professionalism

Stephen Waddington

There were some clear misses in my original essay: social media activism, internal communications, storytelling and professionalism in PR. Social media activism: brands don’t listen In 2012 Steve Earl and I wrote a book called Brand Anarchy. It’s a lesson in crowdsourcing and the mantra of publishing frequently and often.

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Frank Strong on Next Steps in Social Media Marketing

Flack's Revenge

Are the social media waters still safe for marketing? I never quite got on board with the “social media strategy” part (see this post from 2012 titled: Social Media Strategists will be Gone in 2 Years ). This is because social media is a channel and just one of many in the marketing mix. Thanks for participating, Frank!

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Stalwart Interns. Where are they now?

The Stalwart Blog

I thought it would be a good time to check in on our former interns and find out where they are now. Melina Destein , Stalwart summer 2012 intern. Current position — Google, Retail Marketing Team. I am currently working on the retail marketing team at Google, working on partner relations with our key retailers.

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How to Engage and Empower Your ZEOs

PRSay

The key to successful transformation and innovation for PR professionals and marketers attempting to effectively engage Gen Z, and employers trying to recruit and retain Gen Z, is that they must all recognize and empower them as ZEOs. ZEO is representative of Gen Z’s entrepreneurial mindset and approach.

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How to Engage and Empower Your ZEOs

PRSay

The key to successful transformation and innovation for PR professionals and marketers attempting to effectively engage Gen Z, and employers trying to recruit and retain Gen Z, is that they must all recognize and empower them as ZEOs. ZEO is representative of Gen Z’s entrepreneurial mindset and approach.

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Marketing Strategy: The Looming Knowledge Crisis

Sword and the Script

Social media is making marketing lazy. It’s created a “ cut and paste ” content marketing culture. So said Simms Jenkins speaking on a panel in Atlanta hosted by the team from the Oracle Marketing Cloud. That problem is an enormous gap in knowledge of strategic marketing including positioning and messaging.

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